We've gotten so many responses from potential speakers that want to participate in AlterConf, but aren't sure what to speak about. Well never fear! We've started putting together a wishlist for talks to seed ideas :)

• using open data to track police brutality
• the intersection of high paying tech jobs and gentrification
• #altgames
• how homogeneity in product creation leads to exclusion of potential users
• fatigue from having to codeswitch due to a homogenous work/community environment
• telling it like it is and coming to terms: your company isn't making the world a better place
• the myth of meritocracy
• games as scaled problem solving - identifying objects in space, cancerous cells, etc
• the damage caused by hierarchy-allergic companies
• outsourcing and racism/western-centrism
• kids creating games
• SMS innovations in the developing world (payments, health care, emergencies)
• how the nature of an ad-supported internet and, therefore, a data-mining internet, endangers marginalized people
• the pipeline fallacy
• the difference between diversity and inclusion
• non-American perspectives on American-dominated tech industry
• "you're being oversensitive" and other silencing tactics
• criticism, conflict, and no road to compromise over harmful actions
• anti-Blackness and cultural appropriation
• junior developers: the movement to create them isn't being matched by employment opportunities + mentorship
• the impact of English-dominance on the web or games
• not feeling included as a woman of color in women in tech OR people of color spaces
• classism and access in learning to code/using technology/playing games
• the tech that makes managing your health possible
• funding (crowdfunding, VC funding, etc) for marginalized people
• being pushed out of/away from technical positions to ancillary positions
• the commodification of Blackness in product and game creation
• improving accessibility in the workplace
• games for audiences with older/limited devices or unreliable low-bandwidth internet
• how "sharing economy" companies use of contractors vs employees is harming communities
• representation of sex workers in video games
• navigating company-provided health insurance as a trans person/person with invisible disabilities/person with chronic illness/non-"traditional" family structure
• the pervasive belief of exceptionalism (companies, communities, or individuals in non-marginalized groups)
• The persecution of Muslims and the coercion of "blending in"
• tech money, libertarianism, and the long-lasting effects of their political lobbying
• how a community's technical politics mirror their interpersonal actions
• making games accessible to people with epilepsy, motor skill delays, etc
• integrating trigger warnings or content notices into games and sites, allowing content to be bypassed
• user experience considerations that allow for the use of software that interprets eye movement
• accessibility frameworks in iOS, Android, and desktop operating systems that developers should be aware of
• how accessibility in mobile devices has changed your life
• trans discrimination in hiring (background checks, stereotypes, lack of education, healthcare, and more)
• social networks fostering micro-community building
• finding safe spaces online (social media, games)
• unlearning toxic culture
• flexible time and remote work done right
• AfroLatinxs - erasure on multiple fronts
• activism online - education, grassroots movements, etc
• heroes and seniority: how poor behavior and abuse are tolerated in our communities and companies
• the erasure of "passing"
• refugees: retraining for career opportunities
• expanding the definition of tech or games
• management adopting off-brand inclusivity and our inability to criticize it
• the history of marginalized people in video games
• surveillance online/data-privacy
• open source, hackathons, game jams, and other championed free labor exploited by billion dollar industries
• integrating the use of tech + games into other fields (therapy, healthcare, fashion, music, art, science, etc)
• promoting to management as a reward for technical prowess, ignoring people skills
• the burden of educating about diversity/inclusion
• microaggressions in gameplay
• service industry workers and their mistreatment by the tech industry
• the art of self-care
• supporting parents at your company
• web illiteracy and lack of access to technology
• the aftermath of harassment or assault in the tech or gaming industry
• online harassment and abuse, including doxxing
• protecting your privacy online; little-known personal security issues online
• the new journalism: theft of intellectual conversation on twitter and via activist hashtags
• venture capitalism as colonialism
• hiring and promoting fairly
• why outsourcing HR + other "people" functions damages trust and culture
• games as therapy (playing, making, designing as therapy-aid)
• building diverse and open communities
• alternative business structures/wage-sharing structures in tech
• tech for low end devices
• why you left the industry
• critique/examination of the civic data movement
• teaching empathy with games
• disaster recovery aided by low-cost, readily available hardware + free/open source software
• how tech marginalizes rural populations
• marginalization in the sharing economy
• solving pain points for marginalized people with apps
• how tech is making the world accessible/how tech fails at accessibility
• inclusive language: detecting negative connotation and what it signals
• how choose-your-own-adventure-style interview processes are increasing diversity + inclusion throughout the hiring pipeline
• the need for the whisper network and how it's limited
• organizing inclusive events with an eye for safety
• crunch culture and lean companies
• unequal rewards: salary, stock, benefits, and perks in engineering-centric companies
• company and community diversity facades: PR before people

Have more ideas that aren't present here? Tweet at @alterconf and we'll add them!